{"data":{"id":"us-az/a.r.s.-26-123","jurisdiction":"us-az","citation":"A.R.S. § 26-123","heading":"Maintenance of private troops prohibited; violation; classification","body":"A. No person, partnership or corporation shall maintain troops under arms, but this section shall not be deemed to prohibit a business, plant or firm from maintaining armed guards for protection of their property from damage or loss, or formation of a state police or highway patrol, or the existence of county and municipal police forces and sheriff's posses.\n\nB. Any person violating this section is guilty of a class 5 felony.","path":["Title 26 Military Affairs and Emergency Management"],"source_url":"https://www.azleg.gov/ars/26/00123.htm","current_through":"2026-09-04","vintage":"2026-08-09","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T00:49:56Z","sha256":"2494b46fd9a0988ee4e9061006407deba3399e0525cc9f137cbdc5f6c365e1df","source_id":"us-az","stale":true,"prev":"us-az/a.r.s.-26-122","next":"us-az/a.r.s.-26-124"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}